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4 Steps to Prepare for an Outage

The quest for 100 percent reliability is one that can't be achieved, but it's possible to get very close. While completely eliminating failure isn't an option, there are steps you can take to prepare your team for an eventual outage so you can quickly restore availability when an outage inevitably occurs. This four-step process for setting up your metrics will ensure your team is ready to manage the unexpected.

Benchmarking InfluxDB vs Cassandra for Time Series Data, & Metrics

In this technical paper, we'll compare the performance and features of InfluxDB and Cassandra for common time series workloads, specifically looking at the rates of data ingestion, on-disk data compression, and query performance. This data should prove valuable to developers and architects evaluating the suitability of these technologies for their use case.

Splunk, Big Data and the Future of Security

Current IT security tools and mindsets are no longer adequate to meet the scope and complexity of today's threats. Internet security has evolved over the last ten years but advanced persistent threats and the sophistication of the malware have fundamentally changed the way security teams must think about these new threats and the tools used for detective controls.